Impact stories

Sean Anderson Foundation donates $10,000 for Wayne State’s HIGH Program
Detroit leader William Pickard creates five scholarships in Wayne State University School of Social Work
The future is bright for the Wayne State Planetarium
Ford donates 50,000 face masks to Wayne State
TechTown fund supports 350 Detroit small businesses
Wayne State partners with City of Detroit to launch COVID-19 testing for homeless at shelters
Professor invests in the next generation
Memorial scholarship builds meaningful legacy
Volunteer archaeologist shares her passion through scholarships
Detroit Biodiversity Network wins 2019 Ford College Community Challenge Award
Sustainable Landscape Collaborative will address flooding in Detroit through green infrastructure
Students win $25,000 from Ford Fund for Auntie Na’s nutrition project
Michigan Health Endowment Fund awards $1 million to WSU school health programs
DTE Energy Foundation awards $100k to the WSU Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies’ Summer Enrichment Program
Entrepreneurs Dr. S. Dattu and Mrs. Pushpa Sastry combine legacy support, give $1 million to create endowed chair for specialist in Parkinson’s disease
Wayne State legacy inspires Harry and Belle Elkiss Scholarships in Pharmacy
Wayne State awarded nearly $1 million from Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Stephen P. Hepler’s legacy: pioneering computer science and perpetual support
Wayne State receives $1M gift to create Nancy Philippart and Thomas McGrail Center for Global Engineering Education
Wayne State celebrates 150 years and end of Pivotal Moments campaign
Alumnus donates $5M to College of Engineering scholarships, new testing laboratory
Journalism alumnus and wife commission bust of Madame Curie for WSU Polish room
Detroit entrepreneur pledges $1.875 million to School of Medicine research
Michigan-based law firm gives students practical experience
$1 million scholarship established by Wayne State and Corvias